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R.T. Rybak is proud of his home city. He has reason to be: Minneapolis helped pioneer bikesharing in the United States, it's got a booming bike community, it's a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community and much more. Rybak served as Mayor of Minneapolis from 2002 to 2014, helping oversee and push many of the bike efforts in the midwest city. He's moderating a panel discussion with a handful of...

Bicycling is a wonderful, fun and healthy activity. But it's not without some risk and when that driver cuts you off or you hit a pothole and crash, you are going to want an advocate to fight for your rights. That's why we're so proud to have a strategic partnership with Bike Law, a national network of attorneys who specialize in personal injury cases involving bicyclists like you. We are now...

Capitol Hill can be a confusing place. Where do I go? Who do I need to see? What's my message? Face-to-face meetings are hugely important, and we know they work. That's why at the National Bike Summit we have a whole day dedicated to meeting with your congressional lawmakers about the issues you face in your neighborhoods. If this is your first Summit, or you feel you need a refresher, we're...

Convincing college students to spend money can sometimes be a losing battle. Not so for Grace Kyung, however. Kyung, a graduate student studying urban planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, successfully lead a campaign on campus to institute a $1 semesterly fee for bicycle programs and infrastructure. She'll be talking more about her Big Idea at the 2015 National Bike Summit...

The plan is simple: Local, local, local. With a hostile state legislature, governor and Congress, the Wisconsin Bike Fed's Big Idea is to work intensely at the local level, build relationships and momentum and then get local actors to pressure their representatives to do more at higher levels. The comprehensive local effort is two-pronged. First, assemble a network of Bicycle Friendly...

We are pleased to announce Lisa Nutter, track cyclist and bike advocate, President of Philadelphia Academies, Inc, and First Lady of Philadelphia, to our list of speakers at this year's National Forum on Women & Bicycling. At the Forum, Nutter will be speaking on a panel focused on gender equity in competitive cycling. She's joined by Karen Bliss, former professional cyclist and current VP...

Far too often bike shops are at the margins of the conversation about improving and increasing bicycling. Advocates and elected officials are focused on infrastructure — bike lanes and cycle tracks and multi-use trails. Many would argue it’s time for that definition to change. At the 2013 National Women’s Bicycling Forum, Adonia Lugo, now the League’s Equity Initiative Manager, shared the...

This year at the National Forum on Women & Bicycling we're digging deeper into a critical topic — leadership development. And we're honored to announce a closing keynote speaker who has been a true trailblazer and thought leader: Rue Mapp, CEO and Founder of Outdoor Afro.

Fionnuala Quinn has been to plenty of public meetings. Really, she spoke up at one just last night. The northern Virginia-based civil engineer and bike advocate has seen enough to know there is a lot of room for improvement. She's bringing her experience and expertise to the 2015 National Bike Summit, where she'll talk about how the public participation process is "both vital and problematic for...

Things didn’t go exactly as planned in BikeWalkKC’s campaign to include complete streets treatments in plans for a new streetcar expansion. But no one can say it wasn't a terrific success. Knowing that a proposed streetcar expansion wouldn’t be of much use if people couldn’t walk or bike safely to it, BikeWalkKC mobilized neighborhood advocates to lobby the city to include complete streets in...